EleMintz — Elemental Card Battles (Alpha)

EleMintz is a fast-paced elemental card game combining Rock-Paper-Scissors mechanics with a WAR-style tie system and a new Elemint Fatigue rule that prevents repeated same-element spam.

🔥 Fire beats Earth  

🌍 Earth beats Wind  

🌪️ Wind beats Water  

💧 Water beats Fire  

If you play the same Elemint twice in a row, that Elemint must rest for one turn unless it is your only playable option.

Matches escalate into intense WAR chains when ties occur, creating unpredictable and strategic gameplay.

This is an early alpha build. Core systems are functional, but polish and balance are still in progress.

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🆕 Current Alpha Features

- Play vs AI with Easy, Normal, Hard, Featured Rival, and Gauntlet Mode

- Featured Rival boss battle: Crownfire Duelist

- Gauntlet Mode with rotating rival AIs and streak rewards

- Online Play with private/code rooms and public listed rooms

- Elemint Fatigue system to reduce repeated same-element spam and improve tactical play

- Player profiles with stats, progression, titles, badges, cosmetics, and searched profile viewing

- Daily and Weekly quests

- Achievements and achievement progress tracking

- XP, Tokens, reward chests, and cosmetic unlocks

- Cosmetic Store with collections, filters, featured rotation, and limited cosmetic support

- In-game announcements, boost events, and feedback reporting

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⚠️ IMPORTANT — Windows Warning

This build is not code signed yet.

If Windows shows a warning:

Click “More Info” → “Run Anyway”

This is normal for indie alpha builds.

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🌐 Internet Required

EleMintz currently requires an internet connection because profiles, online play, rewards, cosmetics, progression, announcements, boost events, shop rotation, feedback, public rooms, Featured Rival tracking, and Gauntlet stats use the test server.

If login, rewards, profile loading, or online play do not work:

- Fully close and reopen EleMintz

- Make sure you are connected to the internet

- Make sure you are using the newest version

- If the server is down, wait and try again later

- Contact me with the screen/error you saw

- Screenshots help a lot

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🔁 Auto-Updates

EleMintz supports auto-updates after install.

If an update is available, the app may download it and ask you to restart when it is safe.

It should not force restart during gameplay, WAR, reward settlement, chest opening, or other unsafe moments.

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🎮 Alpha Tester Notes

- Easy AI practice does not count toward quests, achievements, progression, or rewards.

- Normal and Hard AI count toward eligible progression systems.

- Featured Rival is a hard PvE boss challenge.

- Gauntlet Mode is a streak-based PvE challenge with rotating rival AIs.

- Boost Events affect eligible base match XP/tokens only.

- Boost Events do not boost daily, weekly, achievement, level, chest, admin, Crownfire First Win Bonus, or Gauntlet milestone bonus rewards.

- If a reward, chest, cosmetic, or profile stat looks wrong, take a screenshot and send it to me.

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Feedback is extremely appreciated.